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Joshua Bell has released the latest build of the Apple II Desktop graphical
interface application. Apple II Desktop 1.2 alpha 43 includes the following
changes:

General

New folder structure. App modules are in MODULES/, configuration files
in LOCAL/, optional components now in EXTRAS/.
IIgs: Enable monochrome composite display
Menu bar clock is right-aligned.
Text input fields:
Mouse cursor obscured when typing.
Appearance and movement of insertion point is improved.
Control+X (or Clear key on IIgs) clears text.
File pickers:
Ignore non-pathname characters typed in pathname fields.
Ignore control characters typed in fields.
Performance of scrolling improved.
Correct issues with path updates when changing selection.

DeskTop

Fix selection order with left/up arrow keys.
Fix hang when desktop icons are removed by Check Drive / Format / Erase.
Improved appearance of File > Get Info and Special > Get Size dialogs.
Fix regression causing Special > Get Size to report 0K for files.
Mark volume/folder icons as open when windows are restored or launched
via path.
Open-Apple+Solid-Apple+Down opens selection and closes current window.
#660
Open-Apple+Solid-Apple+Up opens parent window (or selects volume icon)
and closes current window. #661
Improved mouse responsiveness when no dialog is showing.
Add icon for ShrinkIt and Binary II archives, based on file types and
filename extensions.
Support expanding ShrinkIt archives using AUTO UnShrinkIt by Andrew E.
Nicholas.
Fix shortcuts set to copy to RAMCard on first use.
Add ` as an alias for Tab for selecting the next icon alphabetically,
and ~ (Shift+`) for reverse. #671
Fix clearing DHR screen to black before showing. Again.
Fix erasing long pathnames during multi-file operations.

Selector

Don’t hide SELECTOR file; just don’t run it by default.
Improve progress dialog appearance when copying to RAMCard.
Show startup volume first in the file picker. #663
Fix clearing DHR screen to black before showing. Again.

Disk Copy

Support up to 13 devices
Improve alert dialog appearance.
Disk Copy moved to a separate file that can be optionally removed. #216
Support drives in Slot 3 Drive 1, if present.

Desk Accessories

Date and Time: Respects 12/24-hour setting. #596
Date and Time: Month length enforced appropriately.
12/24-hour clock setting moved from Control Panel to Date and Time.
Sort Directory: Increase buffer size to 10k to handle any supported
directory size. (Note that DeskTop is still limited to 127 icons total.
#86)
This Apple: Detect Uthernet II card in slot 3, and avoid resetting state
if active.
Matrix: Exit on mouse click. #618
Electric Duet: Add alternate playback code, activated by holding
Open-Apple or Solid-Apple when launching.
New DA: Scientific Calculator. #211
New DA: Sounds control panel, for setting the alert sound. #283

Also Changed in this version

The location of configuration files has changed in this version. They are
now in the LOCAL/ subdirectory. You can move your existing DESKTOP.CONFIG
and SELECTOR.LIST file into that folder to preserve previous settings.
Downloads

You can download the latest version of the Apple II Desktop application from
the Github page at:
https://github.com/a2stuff/a2d/releases

https://www.callapple.org/software/apple-ii-desktop-1-2-alpha-43-released/

On Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 4:56:44 AM UTC-7, barana wrote:
> Yes, Inexorable is ... the coding version of Burt the Chimneysweep.

I may have to frame this. :)

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